Monday, December 20, 2010

Presentation of "What is the electric car?" premiere at The Egyptian Theatre

Well the Egyptian Theatre was the right location last week for the cream of the EV industry and EV enthusiasts, with sold-out presentation of the premiering documentary "What is the electric car?"

The Zapino from ZAP, Writer-Producer Andrew Reilly, cast member Elena Yost next to Blink changing station

Paul Scott checking the Nissan Leaf Charger

A mixed night of celebrities, high profiled executives arriving and testing every single item exposed on the Green Carpet at the premiere.

EV Guru and Shelley Sykes arrival on the ZAPPY 3

"SweeT" rides at the event didn't need any introduction, such is the case of the Leaf, Alias, E-Tracer, etc; which absorbed part of the attendants into photo shooting sessions.

Nissan Leaf

Stevie Mack, Ginny, ZAP CEO Steven Schneider, Pimp My Ride Team

The documentary was not the only grand prize, one lucky Facebook user was announced by ZAP CEO Steve Schneider as the winner of the ZAPXebra and also there was a winner announced for the Zapino e-scooter as part of the FREE Vehicle Gift event.

Cheers and Smiles told the success story for the night on which Radio Host Stevie Mack covered it with a live broadcast from the green carpet with ZAP representatives as special guests.

Wednesday, December 15, 2010

Well it is already happening, the premiere is going down right now.
Celebrities are coming out to the Egyptian Theater to see more than 10 Electric Vehicles in the courtyard... an "Electric Car Show for the Stars"! And the film screening (at 9:30pm PST).

Just an update, the FREE ELECTRIC CAR GIVEAWAY have chosen the user Ivan dKmx... as the winner of a brand new ZAP Xebra

ZAP Xebra electric car

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""CONGRATULATIONS""

This is another snapshot moment that ZAP comes to the rescue once again, I guess this shows commintment on the Zero Air Pollution statement, not sure how to say it differently but I'm just proud to be part of this team.

Mr. Jay Leno

From the press release we got that, many celebrities have also contributed to this "green themed", enlightening film including Jay Leno (who let producers in his garage to film him driving his 1908 Baker Electric), Ed Begley, Jr. (filmed at the 'Go Green Expo'), and "Baywatch" star and EV activist Alexandra Paul who hosted a behind the scenes chapter for the DVD. Romero Britto spent the last 2 months painting the world's 1st BRITTO TM electric car (a Tango T-600 Commuter Car), and Chábeli Iglesias signed on to host the film's Spanish language version to be available early next year. Also with some of the electric cars "starring" in the film including the rare appearance of the Progressive Automotive X-Prize $2.5 million prize winner, the E-Tracer, there are many of the auto sponsors representatives including from Nissan, Chevrolet, and Tango; the ZAP representation at the event is being lead by the CEO Steve Schneider.

The best part is that even these high profiled celebrities are serenading the red carpet with all-electric vehicles in addition to the display of EVs in the Egyptian courtyard, there is over ten different electric vehicles.

Joy for a green environment

One more golden page for the Pragmatic EV Industry, two thumbs up for the director Ken Grant and for every single person involved in this outstanding achievement...who said you can't contribute to history in 75minutes...????

Tuesday, December 14, 2010

I picked out a well-known Chinese saying that comes from Ji Hongchang, a military officer, as the title of this article. It means: Man's every move is to write his history.

"What is the Electric Car?" makes an effort to promote electric cars in marketplace, and this is as a step attempting to make a success in the development history of EVs.

We enter an historic time with real, mainstream electric cars poised to come to market. Still, there seems to be a great deal of confusion and controversy around them, which is one reason why we like the new documentary premiering in Hollywood on December 14, “What is the Electric Car?” but not the only reason.

We really like “What is the Electric Car?” because our very own Ginny is one of the stars of the film. Yes, The Virginia (Ginny) Scales-Medeiros, mother of two, entrepreneur, inventor, auto maven and electric car proponent extraordinaire.

The story of how Ginny earned a role in the documentary “What is the Electric Car?” is somewhat ironic. Ginny is perhaps the most outgoing, gregarious person we work with, and the perfect person to help represent ZAP for its Detroit Auto Show debut. 2010 was the very first year that Detroit’s North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) hosted a display dedicated to electric cars called “Electric Avenue.” ZAP was invited to display its Alias electric car in Detroit as part of the lead-up to the Progressive Insurance Automotive X PRIZE.

The exciting news is that the Documentary is not just premiering on the 14th of Dec. at the Egyptian Theater in Hollywood, but there some interesting freebie's that makes me feel again like Advanced Technology do not have to necessarily be expensive....if you arrive at the place driving an electric car the admission is free with one guest admission 50% off, and they will be giving away an electric car for FREE, (not sure why but my spider sense tells me it will be a Phoenix SUT,...but hey maybe I'm wrong on this one).

Don't want to make it only an American issue since the world Auto Industry is actually bringing serious assets to the table, in this case referring to Asia and Europe:...

Asia- Welcoming the new technologies and adapting them to fleets and daily productive activities.
Europe- R&D levels that can create considerable modifications to the industry but still no homogenized policies and laws for vehicle homologations.

Sunday, December 5, 2010

It amazes me how the Las Vegas Parking Enforcement Officers continues showing the proactive attitude for usage of green vehicles on their main daily work activities. Just realized that they've been consistently chosing the Toyota Prius hybrid vehicles which are efficient in reducing the effects of pollution. They make use of ZAP bicycles, which have electronic assist motors and are exceptional in the congested areas of that city, and the officers using bicycles are all already certified by the Law Enforcement Bicycle Association.

Of course the news go further, to average citizens being able to conveniently park and pay with out caring any cash with such tech items like the special key called a Cash Key and some other gadjet's...

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